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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding
for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Value
of fines imposed</p></td><td><p>Value of fine collected in the same period they were
imposed</p></td><td><p>Value of fines cancelled in the same period they were imposed</p></td><td><p>Value
of fines imposed outstanding at the end of the period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2011 to December 2011</p></td><td><p>£170,962,169</p></td><td><p>£54,843,753</p></td><td><p>£12,470,347</p></td><td><p>£103,648,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2012 to December 2012</p></td><td><p>£273,944,704</p></td><td><p>£70,032,092</p></td><td><p>£17,470,412</p></td><td><p>£186,442,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2013 to September 2013 (latest published period)</p></td><td><p>£210,561,372</p></td><td><p>£44,541,677</p></td><td><p>£11,548,807</p></td><td><p>£154,470,888</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial
impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial
impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off
after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can
relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include
amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for
payment by the end of the period specified.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide
data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management
information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of
the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013
(latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date
imposed – after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific
period from the total balance outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service
(HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working
to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS
actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected.
Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued
to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all
imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in
the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial
year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or
are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS
are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and
enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly
improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the
service to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding
for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Value
of fines imposed</p></td><td><p>Value of fine collected in the same period they were
imposed</p></td><td><p>Value of fines cancelled in the same period they were imposed</p></td><td><p>Value
of fines imposed outstanding at the end of the period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2011 to December 2011</p></td><td><p>£170,962,169</p></td><td><p>£54,843,753</p></td><td><p>£12,470,347</p></td><td><p>£103,648,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2012 to December 2012</p></td><td><p>£273,944,704</p></td><td><p>£70,032,092</p></td><td><p>£17,470,412</p></td><td><p>£186,442,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2013 to September 2013 (latest published period)</p></td><td><p>£210,561,372</p></td><td><p>£44,541,677</p></td><td><p>£11,548,807</p></td><td><p>£154,470,888</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial
impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial
impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off
after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can
relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include
amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for
payment by the end of the period specified.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide
data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management
information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of
the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013
(latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date
imposed – after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific
period from the total balance outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service
(HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working
to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS
actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected.
Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued
to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all
imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in
the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial
year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or
are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS
are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and
enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly
improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the
service to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>The value of confiscation orders imposed and the amounts outstanding
for those orders, both with and without interest, as at 30 January 2014, for the calendar
years from 2010 onwards, are set out in the Table A below. The volume of orders imposed
and those that remain outstanding is in Table B</p><p><strong>Table A</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value
of Confiscation Orders Imposed</p></td><td><p>Order Balance Remaining to Collect Excluding
Interest</p><p>As at 30/01/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£276,143,735</p></td><td><p>£167,176,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£187,128,205</p></td><td><p>£73,910,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£271,998,720</p></td><td><p>£162,286,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£245,728,131</p></td><td><p>£176,875,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£980,998,791</p></td><td><p>£580,249,307</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
B</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Volume of Confiscation
Orders Imposed</p></td><td><p>Volume of Orders with an Order Balance Remaining to
Collect Excluding Interest</p><p>As at 30/01/2014</p></td><td><p>Total Volume of Orders
to Collect Including Interest</p><p>As at 30/01/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6,214</p></td><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>2,289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>6,286</p></td><td><p>1,065</p></td><td><p>2,342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6,458</p></td><td><p>1,386</p></td><td><p>2,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,139</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>3,141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>25,097</p></td><td><p>5,866</p></td><td><p>10,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government
to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. The value of the order imposed,
which is often very high, is based on the criminal benefit attributed to the crime
and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court
at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding order stops the criminal benefitting
from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if the assets are discovered in the future,
they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other
enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering criminal assets very seriously and
are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide.</p><p>
</p><p>Although, as the Enforcement Authority, HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always
the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to lead on the high volume, low value orders.
Prosecution agencies, including the CPS and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement
where they have put Restraint Orders on the defendant's property to protect the asset,
or where the professional expertise of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to
enforce the confiscation order.</p><p> </p><p>All outstanding amounts are actively
pursued using a range of enforcement tools open to us. A confiscation order is a life
time order and only amounts up to £50 can be written off. Default sentences of up
to 10 years in prison are activated for non payment. Serving the default sentence
does not cancel the debt and we will continue to pursue the amount owed. Interest
is added to the order balance outstanding at the rate of 8% per annum. The fact that
interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts over £50 cannot be written off, contribute
to the increasing level of debt. At the end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding
was £1.47 billion, of which £372 million was interest alone. At the end of December
2013, including interest £24 million is owed by defendants who are deceased and a
further £86 million is owed by defendants who have been deported. Even for those that
are deported we still try to actively pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but
we rely on the cooperation of overseas enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming.
The Agencies responsible for enforcement are building better relationships with overseas
authorities and engage specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets.</p><p>
</p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies
reached an all time high during 2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered.
That represented a 7% increase on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The
total amount recovered has increased for the last four consecutive years and once
again we are on course to have another record breaking year this financial year. For
the 2013/14 financial year, at the end of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered,
which is an increase of 2% on the £100.5 million that was collected up to December
2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8 Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals
has increased by 35%.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help
increase collections, reduce enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals
pay. A new national system has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed
penalty notices, with all of the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform
by June 2013.The continuing improvement the Agencies are making combined with our
future plans will ensure that more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value
for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>The volume of confiscation orders reduced or written off from 2010
to 2013 is recorded in Table A below, while the value of amounts reduced or written
off is recorded in Table B.</p><p><strong>Table A</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p>Volume of Confiscation Orders Written Off</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTOA
Default Served</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inadequacy</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POCA
s24 Discharge</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POCA
s25 Discharge</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reconsideration
of Available Assets</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>474</p></td><td><p>567</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>1,963</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand
Total</p></td><td><p>774</p></td><td><p>811</p></td><td><p>813</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>3,177</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
B</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Value of Confiscation Orders Written
Off</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTOA
Default Served</p></td><td><p>£47,101</p></td><td><p>£882,064</p></td><td><p>£1,162,397</p></td><td><p>£22,082</p></td><td><p>£2,113,644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inadequacy</p></td><td><p>£5,707,742</p></td><td><p>£8,924,637</p></td><td><p>£3,673,845</p></td><td><p>£11,815,275</p></td><td><p>£30,121,499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POCA
s24 Discharge</p></td><td><p>£70,030</p></td><td><p>£780,328</p></td><td><p>£335,969</p></td><td><p>£483,443</p></td><td><p>£1,669,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POCA
s25 Discharge</p></td><td><p>£1,479</p></td><td><p>£980</p></td><td><p>£797</p></td><td><p>£1,179</p></td><td><p>£4,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reconsideration
of Available Assets</p></td><td><p>£8,019,707</p></td><td><p>£21,235,494</p></td><td><p>£16,739,659</p></td><td><p>£20,158,107</p></td><td><p>£66,152,967</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand
Total</p></td><td><p>£13,846,059</p></td><td><p>£31,823,503</p></td><td><p>£21,912,667</p></td><td><p>£32,480,086</p></td><td><p>£100,062,315</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Below are explanations of the limited ways an outstanding confiscation order
can be reduced or written off.</p><p><strong>Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (DTOA)
Default Served</strong> – Serving the default sentence of up to 10 years for non payment
of a confiscation order under this pre-Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) legislation
cancels the amount outstanding in full</p><p><strong>Inadequacy </strong>– Under pre-POCA
legislation the defendant can make an application to the High Court, for a fee of
£350, to apply for a Certificate of Inadequacy (COI) to reduce the order amount where
assets have not achieved the value assessed at the confiscation hearing.</p><p><strong>POCA
s24 Discharge – </strong>The Enforcement Authority can apply to the Crown Court to
reduce amounts up to £1,000 where they are satisfied the value of the asset has not
met the value assessed at the confiscation hearing. The most likely cause for this
is fluctuations in foreign currency.</p><p><strong>POCA s25 Discharge – </strong>The
Enforcement Authority can apply to the Crown Court to discharge amounts up to £50,
where there is little prospect of recovering the small amount outstanding or it is
no longer cost effective to do so.</p><p><strong>Reconsideration of Available Assets</strong>
- Under POCA legislation the defendant can make an application to the Crown Court,
to apply for a Variation Order to reduce the order amount where assets have not achieved
the value assessed at the confiscation hearing. Unlike a pre-POCA COI application,
no fee is payable.</p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms
available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes.
The value of the order imposed, which is often very high, is based on the criminal
benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable
assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding
order stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that,
if the assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts
and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering
criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters
is a continued priority nationwide.</p><p> </p><p>Although, as the Enforcement Authority,
HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to
lead on the high volume, low value orders. Prosecution agencies, including the CPS
and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement where they have put Restraint Orders
on the defendant's property to protect the asset, or where the professional expertise
of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to enforce the confiscation order.</p><p>
</p><p>All outstanding amounts are actively pursued using a range of enforcement tools
open to us. A confiscation order is a life time order and only amounts up to £50 can
be written off. Default sentences of up to 10 years in prison are activated for non
payment. Serving the default sentence does not cancel the debt and we will continue
to pursue the amount owed. Interest is added to the order balance outstanding at the
rate of 8% per annum. The fact that interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts
over £50 cannot be written off, contribute to the increasing level of debt. At the
end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding was £1.47 billion, of which £372
million was interest alone. At the end of December 2013, including interest £24 million
is owed by defendants who are deceased and a further £86 million is owed by defendants
who have been deported. Even for those that are deported we still try to actively
pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but we rely on the cooperation of overseas
enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming. The Agencies responsible for
enforcement are building better relationships with overseas authorities and engage
specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants
repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies reached an all time high during
2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered. That represented a 7% increase
on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The total amount recovered has increased
for the last four consecutive years and once again we are on course to have another
record breaking year this financial year. For the 2013/14 financial year, at the end
of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 2% on
the £100.5 million that was collected up to December 2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8
Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals has increased by 35%.</p><p>
</p><p>HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help increase collections, reduce
enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals pay. A new national system
has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed penalty notices, with all of
the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform by June 2013.The continuing
improvement the Agencies are making combined with our future plans will ensure that
more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>Our accounts are based on financial years as opposed to calendar
years; therefore the value and volume of outstanding confiscation orders as at 31
March, from 2010 through to 2013, are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>However,
as at 31 December 2013, there were 20,634 outstanding confiscation orders totalling
£1,466,924,522 including interest. Excluding interest the figure is £1,094,584,445.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Volume of Orders Outstanding</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Value of Orders Outstanding </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p><strong>Excluding Interest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Including Interest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Excluding
Interest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Including Interest</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31
March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,359</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,771</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>711,409,802</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>870,804,796</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31
March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,488</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,227</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,046,473,308</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,254,278,825</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31
March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,397</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>915,151,064</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,195,167,499</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31
March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,295</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,727</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,055,230,330</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,406,638,265</strong></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>During 2011/12, two successful appeals with a combined total of £184.7
million were reduced to a total of £32.3 million. This reduced the outstanding debt
by £152.4 million.</p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms
available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes.
The value of the order imposed, which is often very high, is based on the criminal
benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable
assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding
order stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that,
if the assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts
and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering
criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters
is a continued priority nationwide.</p><p> </p><p>Although, as the Enforcement Authority,
HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to
lead on the high volume, low value orders. Prosecution agencies, including the CPS
and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement where they have put Restraint Orders
on the defendant's property to protect the asset, or where the professional expertise
of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to enforce the confiscation order.</p><p>
</p><p>All outstanding amounts are actively pursued using a range of enforcement tools
open to us. A confiscation order is a life time order and only amounts up to £50 can
be written off. Default sentences of up to 10 years in prison are activated for non
payment. Serving the default sentence does not cancel the debt and we will continue
to pursue the amount owed. Interest is added to the order balance outstanding at the
rate of 8% per annum. The fact that interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts
over £50 cannot be written off, contribute to the increasing level of debt. At the
end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding was £1.47 billion, of which £372
million was interest alone. At the end of December 2013, including interest £24 million
is owed by defendants who are deceased and a further £86 million is owed by defendants
who have been deported. Even for those that are deported we still try to actively
pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but we rely on the cooperation of overseas
enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming. The Agencies responsible for
enforcement are building better relationships with overseas authorities and engage
specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants
repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies reached an all time high during
2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered. That represented a 7% increase
on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The total amount recovered has increased
for the last four consecutive years and once again we are on course to have another
record breaking year this financial year. For the 2013/14 financial year, at the end
of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 2% on
the £100.5 million that was collected up to December 2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8
Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals has increased by 35%.</p><p>
</p><p>HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help increase collections, reduce
enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals pay. A new national system
has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed penalty notices, with all of
the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform by June 2013.The continuing
improvement the Agencies are making combined with our future plans will ensure that
more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>Our accounts are based on financial years as opposed to calendar
years; therefore the value and volume of outstanding confiscation orders as at 31
March, from 2010 through to 2013, are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>However,
as at 31 December 2013, there were 20,634 outstanding confiscation orders totalling
£1,466,924,522 including interest. Excluding interest the figure is £1,094,584,445.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Volume of Orders Outstanding</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Value of Orders Outstanding </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p><strong>Excluding Interest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Including Interest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Excluding
Interest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Including Interest</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31
March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,359</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,771</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>711,409,802</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>870,804,796</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31
March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,488</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,227</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,046,473,308</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,254,278,825</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31
March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,397</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>915,151,064</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,195,167,499</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31
March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,295</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,727</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,055,230,330</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£<strong>1,406,638,265</strong></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>During 2011/12, two successful appeals with a combined total of £184.7
million were reduced to a total of £32.3 million. This reduced the outstanding debt
by £152.4 million.</p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms
available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes.
The value of the order imposed, which is often very high, is based on the criminal
benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable
assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding
order stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that,
if the assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts
and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering
criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters
is a continued priority nationwide.</p><p> </p><p>Although, as the Enforcement Authority,
HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to
lead on the high volume, low value orders. Prosecution agencies, including the CPS
and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement where they have put Restraint Orders
on the defendant's property to protect the asset, or where the professional expertise
of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to enforce the confiscation order.</p><p>
</p><p>All outstanding amounts are actively pursued using a range of enforcement tools
open to us. A confiscation order is a life time order and only amounts up to £50 can
be written off. Default sentences of up to 10 years in prison are activated for non
payment. Serving the default sentence does not cancel the debt and we will continue
to pursue the amount owed. Interest is added to the order balance outstanding at the
rate of 8% per annum. The fact that interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts
over £50 cannot be written off, contribute to the increasing level of debt. At the
end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding was £1.47 billion, of which £372
million was interest alone. At the end of December 2013, including interest £24 million
is owed by defendants who are deceased and a further £86 million is owed by defendants
who have been deported. Even for those that are deported we still try to actively
pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but we rely on the cooperation of overseas
enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming. The Agencies responsible for
enforcement are building better relationships with overseas authorities and engage
specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants
repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies reached an all time high during
2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered. That represented a 7% increase
on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The total amount recovered has increased
for the last four consecutive years and once again we are on course to have another
record breaking year this financial year. For the 2013/14 financial year, at the end
of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 2% on
the £100.5 million that was collected up to December 2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8
Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals has increased by 35%.</p><p>
</p><p>HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help increase collections, reduce
enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals pay. A new national system
has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed penalty notices, with all of
the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform by June 2013.The continuing
improvement the Agencies are making combined with our future plans will ensure that
more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding
for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Value
of fines imposed</p></td><td><p>Value of fine collected in the same period they were
imposed</p></td><td><p>Value of fines cancelled in the same period they were imposed</p></td><td><p>Value
of fines imposed outstanding at the end of the period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2011 to December 2011</p></td><td><p>£170,962,169</p></td><td><p>£54,843,753</p></td><td><p>£12,470,347</p></td><td><p>£103,648,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2012 to December 2012</p></td><td><p>£273,944,704</p></td><td><p>£70,032,092</p></td><td><p>£17,470,412</p></td><td><p>£186,442,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2013 to September 2013 (latest published period)</p></td><td><p>£210,561,372</p></td><td><p>£44,541,677</p></td><td><p>£11,548,807</p></td><td><p>£154,470,888</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial
impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial
impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off
after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can
relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include
amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for
payment by the end of the period specified.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide
data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management
information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of
the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013
(latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date
imposed – after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific
period from the total balance outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service
(HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working
to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS
actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected.
Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued
to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all
imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in
the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial
year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or
are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS
are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and
enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly
improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the
service to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>The value of confiscation orders imposed and the amounts outstanding
for those orders, both with and without interest, as at 30 January 2014, for the calendar
years from 2010 onwards, are set out in the Table A below. The volume of orders imposed
and those that remain outstanding is in Table B</p><p><strong>Table A</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value
of Confiscation Orders Imposed</p></td><td><p>Order Balance Remaining to Collect Excluding
Interest</p><p>As at 30/01/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£276,143,735</p></td><td><p>£167,176,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£187,128,205</p></td><td><p>£73,910,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£271,998,720</p></td><td><p>£162,286,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£245,728,131</p></td><td><p>£176,875,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£980,998,791</p></td><td><p>£580,249,307</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
B</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Volume of Confiscation
Orders Imposed</p></td><td><p>Volume of Orders with an Order Balance Remaining to
Collect Excluding Interest</p><p>As at 30/01/2014</p></td><td><p>Total Volume of Orders
to Collect Including Interest</p><p>As at 30/01/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6,214</p></td><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>2,289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>6,286</p></td><td><p>1,065</p></td><td><p>2,342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6,458</p></td><td><p>1,386</p></td><td><p>2,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,139</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>3,141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>25,097</p></td><td><p>5,866</p></td><td><p>10,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government
to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. The value of the order imposed,
which is often very high, is based on the criminal benefit attributed to the crime
and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court
at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding order stops the criminal benefitting
from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if the assets are discovered in the future,
they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other
enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering criminal assets very seriously and
are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide.</p><p>
</p><p>Although, as the Enforcement Authority, HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always
the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to lead on the high volume, low value orders.
Prosecution agencies, including the CPS and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement
where they have put Restraint Orders on the defendant's property to protect the asset,
or where the professional expertise of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to
enforce the confiscation order.</p><p> </p><p>All outstanding amounts are actively
pursued using a range of enforcement tools open to us. A confiscation order is a life
time order and only amounts up to £50 can be written off. Default sentences of up
to 10 years in prison are activated for non payment. Serving the default sentence
does not cancel the debt and we will continue to pursue the amount owed. Interest
is added to the order balance outstanding at the rate of 8% per annum. The fact that
interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts over £50 cannot be written off, contribute
to the increasing level of debt. At the end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding
was £1.47 billion, of which £372 million was interest alone. At the end of December
2013, including interest £24 million is owed by defendants who are deceased and a
further £86 million is owed by defendants who have been deported. Even for those that
are deported we still try to actively pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but
we rely on the cooperation of overseas enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming.
The Agencies responsible for enforcement are building better relationships with overseas
authorities and engage specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets.</p><p>
</p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies
reached an all time high during 2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered.
That represented a 7% increase on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The
total amount recovered has increased for the last four consecutive years and once
again we are on course to have another record breaking year this financial year. For
the 2013/14 financial year, at the end of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered,
which is an increase of 2% on the £100.5 million that was collected up to December
2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8 Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals
has increased by 35%.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help
increase collections, reduce enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals
pay. A new national system has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed
penalty notices, with all of the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform
by June 2013.The continuing improvement the Agencies are making combined with our
future plans will ensure that more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value
for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>For the financial year to date, 1st April 2013 to 30th September
2013 (latest published data) 614,693 financial imposition accounts were opened. Of
those accounts opened in that period, 182,183 accounts were closed. A further 199,623
accounts were compliant with their payment terms.</p><p> </p><p>Financial impositions
include fines imposed in the Magistrates and Crown courts, costs orders, compensation
orders, victim surcharge orders and unpaid fixed penalty notices and penalty notices
for disorder which are registered as fines for enforcement. The numbers of accounts
closed is the position as at the end of September 2013 and those accounts outstanding
could now have been closed or collected.. Accounts that are closed are accounts with
a zero balance which could have been by payment or administrative or legal cancellation.</p><p>
</p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty
enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters
is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions
until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the
end of 2012/13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the
end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation
orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance
had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 month
69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12
months after imposition.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider
for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the
necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal
financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p>

<p> </p><p> </p><p>The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding
for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Value
of fines imposed</p></td><td><p>Value of fine collected in the same period they were
imposed</p></td><td><p>Value of fines cancelled in the same period they were imposed</p></td><td><p>Value
of fines imposed outstanding at the end of the period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2011 to December 2011</p></td><td><p>£170,962,169</p></td><td><p>£54,843,753</p></td><td><p>£12,470,347</p></td><td><p>£103,648,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2012 to December 2012</p></td><td><p>£273,944,704</p></td><td><p>£70,032,092</p></td><td><p>£17,470,412</p></td><td><p>£186,442,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2013 to September 2013 (latest published period)</p></td><td><p>£210,561,372</p></td><td><p>£44,541,677</p></td><td><p>£11,548,807</p></td><td><p>£154,470,888</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial
impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial
impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off
after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can
relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include
amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for
payment by the end of the period specified.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide
data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management
information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of
the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013
(latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date
imposed – after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific
period from the total balance outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service
(HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working
to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS
actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected.
Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued
to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all
imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in
the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial
year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or
are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS
are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and
enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly
improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the
service to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p>